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September Fifteenth -Twentieth 







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Chattanooga, Tennessee 




MISSIONARY RIDGE 



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TO THE VETERANS OF THE G. A. R 




NFWFLL 5ANDERS 



T. C- THOMPbuN 



GHATTANOOGA is happy in having at last attained its ambition to be the host of 
such honored guests as your good selves. Not with the forbidding aspect, nor 
in the torn and ragged raiment in which she met the Union Hosts in 1863. does 
she greet you today, but w ith a smiling countenance ol joyous welcome and in 
the bright garb of one of the South's most modern cities, she now extends the hand of 
welcome! It has been our endeavor to build upon a historic site, with the help ot fellow 
citizens from both armies, a monument to American greatness, in the form of a city typi- 
fying all that is best in American life. Withal we have not been unmindful of the duty of 
preserving the memories of the momentous events in which you took part and have 
counted it a privilege to co-operate in the preservation of the great battlefields of this sec- 
tion and th(ur conversion into beautiful military parks for th(; benefit of this and succeeding 
generations — parks impartially marked \\ ith stone and bronze, that those heroic deeds 
may be for all time held in reverent and sympathetic remembrance, it is an evidence ot 
the bond of friendship which now exists between all sections of this grrat Nation that 
you are here. Our endeavor during th** coming week will be to make your visit 
an epochal event in your life. May the fellowship of the week be as sweet as the 

memories of those other davs will be tender. 

T. C. THOMPSON. Mayo, 

NEWELL S.ANDERS, Chairman 
JOHN A. PATTEN. Excculivc Director 
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1-ALFRED B. BEERS. 
Commander-in Chief. Bridgeport. Conn. 



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2-HENRY Z. OSBORNE. 
rVice Commander-in-Cliief. Los Angeies. Cai. 



3-AMERICUS WHEDON. 
Junior Vice-Commander-inCliief. Wasii.. D. 
4-GEORGE EDWARDS LOVEJOY. 
Chaplainin Cliief. Lawrence. Mass. 

5-HENRY J. SEELEY. 
Adjutant-General. Bridgeport. Conn. 

6-COLA D. R STOWITS. 
(iuartermaster-GeneraL Buffalo. N. Y. 



7-BENJAMIN F. BRYANT. 

Judge-.^dvocate-General. Waupaca. Wise. 

8-J. PAYSON BR.'\DLEY. 

Inspector-General. Boston. Mass. 

9-LEVI LONGFELLOW. 

National Patriotic Instructor. Minneapolis. Minn. 

10-HENRY L. BEACH. 

Cliief-of-Staff. Hartford. Conn. 



11-J. L. BENNETT. 

Assistant Adjulant General. Chicago. III. 

12- J. HENRY HOLCOMB. 

-Assistant Quartermaster General. Philadelphia, Pa. 

13-WILLIAM F. DALY. 

Senior Aide-de-Camp. Washington. D. C. 

14-DR. L. L. WHITAKER. 

Surgeon-General. San Antonio. Texas 






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**Hlg lue are uniteb in life anb tljep unitcb m bcati), 
let one monument perpetuate tijeir beebsf, anb one people, 
forgetful of all asperities, foreUer !)olb in grateful remem= 
ijranee all tfje glories of tljat terrible conflict Inljicfj mabe 
all men free anb retaineb eUerp star on tlje illation's flag." 




CHICKAMAUGA CREEK 



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F. G. Sheppard Birmingham Alabama 

E. S. Godfrey Phoenix Arizona 

M. Kirst Little Rock Arkansas 

W. H. Doane Carson City Nevada 

U. S. Holster Denver Colorado 

\ irgil F. McNeil New Haven Connecticut 

William Forbes Wilmington Delaware 

Albert C. Shaffer Lakeland Florida 

Louis Thayer Fitzgerald Georgia and South Carolina 

George S. Kimery Boise Idaho 

Charles B Wilson Chicago Illinois 

Wm. H. Armstrong Indianapolis Indiana 

H. M. Pickell Des Moines Iowa 

J.N. Harrison Topeka Kansas 

Ed. Farley Paducah Kentucky 

Seymour .Alcorn New Orleans. . . . Louisiana and Mississippi 

Charles E. Moultun Orr's Island Maine 

Richard E. Boulden Belair Maryland 

Granville Fiske .Ashland Massachusetts 

Frank R. Chase Belding Michigan 

Loren W. Collins Minneapolis Minnesota 

Frank M. Sterrett Troy Ohio 

G. I. Reiche Helena Montana 

S. K. Paulding Omaha Nebraska 

John R. Rand Warner New Hampshire 

.Alfred .Atkins Roselle Park New Jersey 

W. W. McDonald Albuquerque New Mexico 

George A. Price Brookh n New York 

E. C. Geary Fargo North Dakota 

B. H. Milliken Washington District of Columbia 

F. M. Cline Woodward Oklahoma 

Thomas .4. Jordon Portland Oregon 

William J. Patterson Pittsburg Pennsylvania 

B. F. Chase Washington DC. (Potomac) 

John T. Kenyon Providence Rhode Island 

G. W. Snow Springfield South Dakota 

W. ]. Smith Memphis Tennessee 

Martin Ballweg Cedar Hill Texas 

J. M. Bowman Salt Lake City Utah 

W. H. Flint Brandon \erniont 

John W. Stebbins Norfolk \ irginia and North Carolina 

J. E. Grandy Spokane Washington and .Alaska 

J. L. Caldwell Huntington West N'irginia 

D. G. James Richland Center Wisconsin 









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DEPARTMENT COMMAINULRS 



1 Alabama Jos. Greenwood. Ensley. S 

2 ArizoiK. J. J. Hill, Phoenix. 9 

3 Calif, and Nevada Gavin M. Stormoni, Pomona. 10 

4 Colorado and \V yoming — Cyrus \. Brooks, Denver. I I 

5 Connecticut James R. Sloanc, Meriden. 12 

6 Florida W. N. Siggins, Zephyrhills. 13 

7 'Georgia and S. C. Geo. E. Whitman, Fitzgerald. 14 
Photos of the following were not obtainable: Arkansas — A. S. 

strong, Newark. Idaho A. G. Netlleton, Nampa. Iowa— J. W. Willett, Tama. Louisiana and Mississippi— E. K. 
Russ, New Orleans. 
' NOTE: Elcclion of officers for Depnrlmenl of Georfiia and South Carolina is in s<*rious dispul^. 

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Illinois— J. H. Crouder, liethany. 
Indiana Dan'l VV. Comstock, Richmond. 
Kansas J. N. Harrison, Topeka. 
Kintucky W. J. L. Hughes, Owensboro. 
Maine John F. Lamb. Livermore Falls. 
Maryland — Chas. N. tmich. Baltimore. 
Massachusetts Thos L. .Ames, Leominster. 
Fowler, Little Rock. Delaware J. Rankin Arm- 




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Michigan — Frank R. Chase, Smyrna. 
Minnesota — Chas H. Taylor, Long Praine. 
Montana — P. \V. Sheehy, Butte. 
Nebraska — Jno. A. Dempster. Omaha. 
New Hampshire — David R. Roys, Claremonl. 
New Jersey - John \V. Bodine, Camden. 
New York — S. C. Pierce, Rochester. 



22 North Dakota — G. B. Vallandrigham, N'allev Citv. 

23 Ohio— W. R. Warnock, Urbana. 

24 Oklahoma— L C. Coffin, Elgin. 

25 Potomac — Thos. H. McKee, Washington, D. C. 

26 Tennessee Wm. D. .4tchley, Sevierville. 

27 Te.xas — Sidney Tuttle, San .Antonio. 

28 Utah— Reuben Oehler. Salt Lake City. 

Photos of the following were not obtainable: Missouri — .4rthur Dreifus, St. Louis. New Mexico -D. M. Suther- 
land, Alamogordo. Oregon - S. W. Taylor, Eugene. Pennsylvania — Wm. J. Wells, Norristown, Rhode Island — 
Geo. H. Cheek. Pawtucket. South Dakota — Jno. L. Jollcy, \ ermillion. \ ermoni — Thomas Hannon, Soldier's 
Home. \'a. and N. C. — Chas. H. Haber, Nat. Soldier's Home. Washington and .-Xlaska — J. E. Stewart, E. Spokane. 
Wisconsin — Chas H. Henry, Eau Claire. 

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6-GenMA.O. McClurg. 7-Col. Ill«i)i M, CJjJJJ S-Col. Levering. 10-Col. A M. Jc.hnson. 11-A.S. Ochs. 12— Hon. H. Clay Evans. 
13~Capt. H. F. Temple. 14~Col. H. B. Case. 1 15— R. S. Sharp. Ifi-Maj. C. R. Evans. 17— Maj. G.W. Fallen. 18— J. C.Wells. 19— Capl. C.W. Bicse. 



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The Twenty- Fifth Anniversary 

For a quarter ot a cfiitur\ after the events which made Chattanooga. Lookout Mountain. Nhssionary Ridge and 
Chickamauga famous for all time, these historic fields were unmarked to preserve the e.\act localities \\here Americans 
of the Blue and Grey displayed the highest type of patriotic courage. 

But in 1889 a meeting was held here of prominent veterans interested in the question, which resulted in plans 
for the preservation of these fields of heroism and dramatic story. During the meeting Gen. W. S. Rosecrans. who 
comanded the federal forces at Chickamauga, said: 

" There are many reasons for men of enterprise to cluster about Chattanooga. No place has so many 
things to attract interest and attention. The unrivalled scenery of Lookout, Mission Ridge and the beautiful 
valley of the Tennessee, the historical recollections, and the location of the city as a gateway berween the north 
and the south, insures it a position of national importance and if the plan to preserve Chickamauga as a National 
Park succeeds it will do much to perpetuate the memory of the deeds of valor of the past in the hearts of the 
people. Our people are a reading people and with the co-operation of those who have seen the place, togeth- 
er with those who have read in history of acts of bravery which once were performed amid the surroundings 
of these grand old hills, I see no reason why the proposed plan should not succeed and one reason for my 
coming was that I might see the realization of this idea." 

Gen. Rosecrans was right. The plan succeeded. No more beautifully decorated fields of valor e.xist anyv\ here 
than those of Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and Chickamauga. 

In theChickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park, 5,562 acres in e.xtent e.xclusive of Fort Oglethorpe's 810 
acres, are : 

172 State Monuments. 319 State Markers, 109 Mounted L'nion Guns, 96 Mounted Confederated Guns, 
360 Distance and Locality Tablets, 9 Granite United States' Monuments to regular troops, 1 Landruin Bat- 
tery Monument, 1 Carnes Battery Monument, 3 Iron Observation Towers, and 1 Wilder's Brigade Observa- 
tion Tower, making a total of 1,071 Memorials on Chickamauga field. In Chattanooga and vicinity, exclusive 
ot Chickamauga field there are 922 Memorials of various kinds, making a grand total of 1.993, which is many 
more than the total for any other .American or world battlefield. 

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PROGRAM 

FORTY-SE\ ENTH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT 

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Saturday, September 13. 

Arrival of Commander-in-Chief, Alfred B. Beers and Staff. 

Openmg of Headquarters at Hotel Patten. 

Opening of Information Booths. 

Sunday, September 14. 

1 1:00 A. M. Patriotic Services in Chattanooga Churches, with addresses by distinguished 
ministers and comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic. 

8:00 P. M. — Patriotic Mass Meeting in City .Auditorium. 

Monday, September 15. 

Lookout Mountain Day. Guides under direction of Capt. H. F. Temple will explain 
Army movements on this battlefield. 

10:00 A. M. — Committee Meetings. 

8:00 P. M.— Citizens Reception to the Commander-in-Chief and Staff of the G. A. R. 
and Officers of the Au.xiliary and Allied Organizations at Tent Boynton. (\ eterans 
and visitors invited.) 

8:00 P. M. — "Battle in the Clouds." A Spectacular Event, accompanied by display of 
Pains Fire Works, at .Andrews' Ball Park. 

Tuesday, September 16. 

Chickamauga Day. Guides under direction of Supt. R. B. Randolph, ot Chickamauga 
Park, will explain Army movements on this battlefield 

8:30 A. M. — Breakfast to Commander-in-Chief and National Officers of the G. .A. R. and 
National Officers of Au.xiliary and Allied Organizations on Tennessee River tendered 
by Executive Committee of the Chattanooga Encampment Association 

1 1:00 A. M. — Committee Meetings. 

1 1:00 .A. M.— Parade of 11th United States Cavalry. 17th United States. Infantry and 
other Military Organizations. 

3:00 P. M.— Meeting of National Patriotic Instructors of the G. A. R. at First Baptist Church. 

8:00 P. M.— Semi-official Meeting of the 47th National Encampment G. .A. R. at City 
Auditorium. Addresses of welcome by the Governor of Tennessee and the Mayor 
of Chattanooga and by officers of .Au.xiliary and Allied Organizations. 

8:00 P. M.— "Batde in the Clouds," at .Andrews' Bail Park. 

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THE UhKfiOWN AT NATION 



This historic Six-inch Gun- 
mount and Shield from the Bat- 
tleship Maine, was blown over- 
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in Havana harbor, February, 
1898. It was recovered after 
the removal of the Maine from 
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SPANISH CANNON CAPTURED DURING THE 

SPANISH AMERICAN WAR 



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PCiE FIELD CHICKAMAUGA PARK 



A TRIUMPH OF PEACE 



^-«-^ITH full appreciation of the honor conferred by the Grand Army of the Republic 
^ 1 J in holding an encampment in this city, Chattanooga takes great pride m 
V^ ^ welcoming the noble men of the Blue and in attempting to extend appropriate 
hospitality to the veterans and their friends. For historic Chattanooga to be the 
encampment place of the Grand Army in the same year that the United Confederate 



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Veterans were entertained here, distinguishes the City as unique among American 
communities. That within a few months survivors of both of the world's greatest armies, 
whose blood made sacred the soil of many battlefields should gather on the fields of mighty 
struggles and be welcomed with the same cordiality is significant of the spirit of our age. In 
no spot in all the world may the student of military affairs better study a great campaign 
in which men of the same race contended and so bravely fought for every inch of vantage 
ground. All records of carnage on the battlefield in any other war pale into insignficance 




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compared willi the attack, and defense of Snodgrass Hill, and where in this war is it 
excelled? indeed the events of that and the subsequent battles around Chattanooga are 
a heritage of glory tor future generations. A knowledge of such heroism develops 
patriotism. Sons and grandsons of the heroes of the Blue have learned to feel as much 
pride in the records of Robert E. Lee and "Stonewall" Jackson as in those who fought 
for the Union, just as the South recognizes and honors Ulysses S. Grant and "Pap" 
Thomas. A complctel.y reunited country was never more fully shown than at the 
beginning of the Spanish American War when on the dark and bloody ground ot this 
same Chickamauga were encamped brigades made up equally of volunteers of the South 
and volunteers ol the North, ready to give their lives, if need be, for a helpless people, and 
all fighting under the folds of " Old Glory." The love and veneration felt for every one ol 
the soldiers of the 60's no matter what the color of his uniform, is indicated by the spirit 
of Chattanooga today and which is shown on every side. Veterans of both armies and 
their sons again unite as hosts, just as they did in May when the Confederate Veterans 
were honored guests. That so largely the same men have prepared for and entertained a 
Grand Army of the Republic Encampment and a United Confederate Veterans' Reunion 
in the same year, in the same City, is as unique as it is significant. 



PROGRAM 



Wednesday, September 17. 

Missionary Ridge Day. 
10:00 A. M. — Parade of the Grand Army of the Republic. (See details m Encampment Eoenis) 
.Afternoon — Guides on Missionary Ridge, under the direction of Maj. W. J. Cnlburn. uill 
explain Army movements on this battlefield. 

3:30 P. M. Army Manoeuvres, illustrating Battle of Missionary Ridge. 
8:00 P. M. — Grand Army Camp Fire at City .-Xuditorium. 
8:00 P. M.— "Battle in the Clouds," at Andrews' Ball Park. 
Thursday, September 18. 
10:00 A. M. — National Encampment G. .A. R. called to order in City .Auditorium. 
8:00 P. M. Camp Fire of National Patriotic Instructors at City Auditorium. 
8:00 P. M.— "Battle in the Clouds," at Andrews' Ball Park. 
Friday, September 19. 
Morning 'I'ld .Afternoon Sessions National Encampment G. .A. R. at City .-Xudilorimn. 
8:00 P. M.— "Battle in the Clouds," at .Andrews' Ball Park. 
Saturday, September 20. 
All Day Sightseeing. 
8:00 P. M.— "Battle in the Clouds," at .Andrews' Ball l^u k. 

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ARMY NURSES OF THE CIVIL WAR 

Headquarters, and Meeting Place, ^ . W . C. .A. 
Tuesday, September 16. 
9:30 A. M. — Opening of Convention. 
Wednesday, September 17. Friday, September 19. 

,1:00 P. M. Memorial Services. 8:00 P. M. Reception at ^ W C. .A. 

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PROGRAM 



WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS 

Headquarters, Hotel Patten. Meeting Place, First Methodist Episcopal Church. 

Monday, September 15. 

9:00 A. M. — Auditing Committee meets. Room 135 Hotel Patten. 
2:00 P. M. — Credentials Committee meets. Room 135 Hotel Patten. 

Tuesday, September 16. 

10:30 A. M.— National Council Meets, Room 134 Hotel Patten. 
Wednesday, September 17. 

3:00 P. M. — Open Session of Convention. 
8:00 P. M. — Reception to Commander-in-Chief and Staff, at Hotel Patten. 

Thursday, September 18. 

9:00 A. M. Executive Session of Convention. 
Friday, September 19. 

9:00 A. M. Business Session. 



LADIES OF THE G. A. R. 

Headquarters, Hotel Patten. Meeting Place, First Christian Church. 

Tuesday, September 16, 

10:00 A. M.- Meeting of Advisory Council, Room 814 Hotel Patten. 

Wednesday, September 17. 

2:30 P. M. — Open Meeting and Memorial Services. 
9:30 to 10:30 P. M. — Reception to Commander-in-Chief at Hotel Patten. 

Thursday, September 18. 

9:00 A. M.— Business Session. 2:00 P. M.— Business Session. 

Friday, September 19. 

9:00 A. M. — Business Session. 



DAUGHTERS OF VETERANS 

Headquarters, Read House. Meeting Place, First Baptist Church. 

Wednesday, September 17. 

2:00 P. M. — Convention in Session. 

Thursday, September 18. 

9:00 A. M. — Convention in Session. 1:00 P. M. — Business Session. 
7:00 to 8:30 P. M.— Reception at Read House to the Commander-in-Chief. 

Friday, September 19. 

9:00 A. M. — Business Session. 

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PROGRAM 



SONS OF VETERANS 

Headquarters, Read House. Meeting Place, Chamber of Commerce Auditorium. 

Tuesday, September 16. 

10:00 A. M.— Opening of Convention. 
5:00 P. M. — Barbecue for Delegates at Chamberlain Field. 

Wednesday, September 17. 

10:00 A. M.-Parade with G. A. R. 2:00 P. M.-Convention in Session. 

Thursday, September 18. 

10:00 A. M. — Business Session. 



SONS OF VETERANS AUXILIARY 

Headquarters, Read House. 
Meeting Place, Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church, South. 

Tuesday, September 16. 

9:00 .A. M.— Opening of Convention. 2:00 P. M.— Business Session. 

Wednesday, September 17. 

9:00 .A. M.— Business Session. 2:00 P. M.— Business Session. 

Thursday, September 18. 

9:00 A. M. — Business Session. 



National Association Naval Veterans U. S. A., 1861 to 1865 

Headquarters, Read House. Meeting Place, Masonic Temple. 

Tuesday, September 16. 
9:30 A. M. — Business Session. 

Wednesday, September 17. 

8:00 P. M. — Dog Watch at Masonic Temple. 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNION EX-PRISONERS OF WAR 

Headquarters, Eastern Hotel. Meeting Place, Chancery Court Room. 

Tuesday, September 16. 

10:00 .A. M. — Opening of Convention 

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OUSE CHICKAMAUGA PARK 



HISTORY OF THE G. A. R 



CHE Grand Army of the Republic \\ as born oi a desire to bind in close 
comradeship the survivors of that mighty army that fought to pre- 
serve the Union in the great war between the States in 1861 to 1865. 
The warm fellowship that naturalK grew up between men 
who touched elbows on the battlefield, endured the hardships of the march, 
the privations of the prison, and the pangs of hunger that were so often felt, 
could do no less than to create a desire for the establishment of an association 
for the perpetuation of memories of these eventful years. 

The first Grand Army post was organized in Decatur. 111., in .April 
1866, by Dr. Benjamin F. Stephenson and associates. The first post \\as 
known as Decatur Post No. 1. The second post was Springfield No. 2, of 
lUinois. 

The first convention or Department Encampment was held in Spring- 
field, ill., the same year, when Gen. John M. Palmer was elected Department 
Commander. 

By virtue of the authority of Commander-in-Chiet Stephenson, pro- 
mulgated in a general order, the first National Encampment was held in 
Indianapolis, Ind., in November, 1866, at which time Gen. Stephen A. Hurl- 
but, of Illinois, was elected Commander-in-Chief. Since that date a National 
Encampment has been held each year, making the Chattanooga Encampment 
the Forty-se\'enth, and the, first Encampment ever held in any state that 
officially united its fortunes wiih the cause of the South m the effort to estab- 
lish the Confederacy. 

Certainly a more fitting location could not have been selected. Close 
by Chattanooga, great battles were fought for the possession of this strategic 
gateway to the center of the Confederacy. Here the best American blood 
was poured out in abundance for causes that each telt to be right, it \\ ill be 
a sacred privilege for many of those who struggled here to return tor the first 
time and again look on this historic ground. 

At the close of the war, a large number of young men who had lought 
in each army located in this promising city. For a half century they ha\ e 
wrought together to build up and restore what the ravages of war had de- 
stroyed. Now as they are all bordering on old age, they unite in mutual en- 
deavor to make the Forty-se\ enth Encampment one of the most memorable 
that has ever been held. 

During this bus.y Encampment week all Chattanooga, regardless of 
past affiliations or sympathic^s — whether Union or Conicdcratc — will unite in 
generous and cordial southern welcome to every one who does this historic 
city and section honor by attending the first National Encampment of the 
Grand Army of the; Republic ever held in the heart of this great Southland. 



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CHICKAMAUGA PARK AND CHICKAMAUGA AND CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL PARK COMMISSION 



Reading left to right — Major J. B. Cummings, Ga. 

Gen'l John T. Wilder, Tenn. 

Copt. James Polk Smartt. Tenn., (Historian). 



Gen'l Chas. H. Grosvenor. Ohio, (fhairnian) 
Col. Baxter Smith, Tenn. 
John F. Randolph, Supt. 



WAR DEPARTMENT 
Chitkainausa anb Cljattanooga .fiational Park Cominission 



Chattanooga Tennessee 



JuK 12. 1913 



Gen. .41tred B. Beers, 

Commander-in-Chiel, Grand .Army of the Republic, 
Bridgeport, Conn. 

Dear General: The Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park Commission has lieard with great satisfaction 
and pleasure that the Grand .Army of the Republic, composed of surviving Union \eterans of the great Civil 
war of 1861-5, will meet in annual session at Chattanooga September 15-20, 1913. to commemorate the fiftieth 
anniversary of the great battle of Chickamauga, in which sanguinary struggle — reflecting so much glory on .Ameri- 
can arms — many of them participated. .As custodian of the great United States Military Park, embracing the 
battlefields of Chickamauga, as well as the other noted battlefields of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, all 
in the vicinity of the City of Chattanooga, the Commission desires to extend the most hearty welcome to the 
\ eterans attending the contemplated meeting in September next, and cordially invites them to visit our great 
park, with its historic battlefields, so full of interest to them and the world, and it is assured to the visiting 
\ eterans, and their friends, that the Commission will do what it can to make their visit interesting and long to be 
remembered. \ ery respectfully, 

(Signed) C. H. Grosvenor, 

Chairman of Commission. 
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Lookout Point and Cravens House where the "Battle Above the Clouds" was fought. 



VI NIARD FIELD 



PROGRAM 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CIVIL WAR MUSICIANS 

Headquarters and Meeting Place, Tschopik. House. 
Tuesday, September 16. 

10:00 A. M. — Business Session. 
Parades, Concerts and Serenades Each Morning and Evening. 



SPECIAL MEETINGS 

SOCIETY ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND 

41st Reunion, Meeting Place, Keystone Lodge Knights of Pythias Hall. 

Monday, September 15. 

10:00 A. M.— Invocation. Welcome by Mayor and Maj. W. J. Colburn. Response by 
Col. M. H. Fitch, 1st Vice-President. Report of Officers. General Business. 
Monday Afternoon — Visiting of Battlefields and places of interest. 
8:00 P. M. Oration by Gen. Anson Mills, U. S. A., at Circuit Court Room. 

Tuesday, September 16. 

10:00 A. M. — Business Meeting. Report of Committees. Election of Officers. 
2:30 P. M. Unfinished Business. — New Business. Visiting and Greetings. 



LOYAL LEGION 

Tuesday, September 16. 

2:00 P. M. Meeting of Members of the Loyal Legion of the United States at 
First Methodist Episcopal Church. 



U. S. VETERAN SIGNAL CORPS ASSOCIATION. 

Tuesday, September 16. 

3:00 P. M.— Business Meeting at Masonic Temple. 



Headquarters — Turchins Brigade, Circuit Court Room. 



Headquarters Mississippi Marine Brigade, Mezzanine Floor Y. M. C. A. 



Headquarters Wilder's Brigade, Second Presbyterian Church. 



(For further details see Encampment Events) 

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bROTMER''^N 



G. A. R. AUXILIARY SOCIETIES 



WOMEN'S RELIEF CORPS 

OFFICERS— Mrs. Geraldine E. Frisbie, National Presi- 
dent, San Francisco, Cal.; Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball. 
National Sr. Vice-President, Washington, D. C; 
Mrs. S. Nevada Hereford, National Jr. Vice-Presi- 
dent, .Aberdeen, S. D.; Treasurer, Mrs. .Abbie Lvncli. 
Pittsburg, Pa.; Chaplain, Mrs. Sara L. Broun, Grand 
Rapids, Mich. 

FXECUTIVE BO.ARD Mrs. Clara O'Connor-Daly. 
Buiie, Mom.: Mrs. Frederica Philpot, Dubuque, low a; 
Mrs. .-Vmelia F. Colgan. Hampton. \ a.; Mrs. Ellen 
.Ackerman, .Ainsworlh. Neb ; Mrs. Anna Belle Roberts, 
Baltimore, Md.; Mrs. Cora .A. Merrill, Secretary, 56 
Parnassus .Ave., San Francisco, Cal.; Mrs. Belle C. 
Harris, Counselor, Emporia, Kansas; Mrs. .Adelaide 
E. Bissell, Inspector, Minneapolis, Minn.; Mrs. Haiiie 
Ford, Instituting and Installing Officer, Providence, 
R. I.; Mrs. Sophia N. Strathearn, Patriotic Instructor, 
South Kaukauna, Wis.; Senior .Aide and Chiel-of- 
Sialf, Mrs. Lizzie Eielle Cross. Los .Angeles, Cal.; 
Mrs. Kate D. Lee, Press Correspondent, Wells 
River, \ ermont. 



SONS OF VETERANS' AUXIL1AR\ 

OFFICERS- Miss Frances A. Fox, National President, 
66 Harris St., Rochester, N. Y.; Mrs. Mary E. Wigg, 
National Secretary, 66 Harris St., Rochester, 
N. y.; Miss Lenore A. Rivers. National Treasurer, 
Maple St., Bristol. \t.: Mrs. Libbie Meis. Nice- 




Miss FRANCES A. FOX 

President, Philadelphia, Pa.; .Mrs. Flora. .A. S. 
Whitney. Worcester, Mass.; Mrs. Hallie Wymbs. 
Red Bank, N. J.; Miss Lida Oilman, Portland, 
Maine; Mrs. Amelia M. Martin, Chaplain, Parsons. 
Kansas; Miss Cora McDaniels, Inspector, \alparaiso, 
Ind.; Miss May E. Clothier, Patriotic Instructor, 
Rocklord, III.; Mrs. Anneila Lauxman, I. Si, I. Officer, 
St. Louis, Mo : Miss Jennie Thole, Press Correspond- 



ent. Duight. 111.; Miss Margaret Patterson, Chie(-of- 
Siatf, Ciilunibus, Ohio; R. M. Genlhner. Judge 
.Advocate General, Rochester. N. \.: Miss Addie M 
Wallace, Con. Stenographer, Indianapolis, Ind. 



LADIES OF THE G. A. R. 

OFFICERS Mrs. Ella S. Jones. National President. 

Pittsburg, Pa.; Mrs. Edith B. Brown, National Sr. 

Nice- President, Pacific Grove. Calif.; Mrs. Mary 

Ross, National Jr. \ ice-President, Buffalo, N. N .: 





MRS. ELLA S JONES 



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MISS JOSIE SLICKER 



Miss Josie Slicker, National Secretary, Jeannetle, Pa.; 
Mrs. Nellie R. McMillan, National Treasurer. Leaven- 
worth, Kansas; Mrs. Martha F. Gilmore, National 
Chaplain. Lynn, Mass.; Mrs. Catherine Ross. 
National Counsellor, Chicago, 111. 




MRS NELLIE R M.:MILLAN 



COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATION Miss Marybell 
Ross. Chicigo, 111.; Mrs. Rose E. Houghton, Seattle. 
Wash.; Miss. Ethel Irish, Fond du Lac, Wis.; Mrs. 
Carrie \. Sheriff, Inspector, Los Angeles, Calif.; 
Mrs. Lillian Carv. Patriotic Instructor, Dubuque, Iowa 



NATIONAL ASSOCI.ATION OF 
CI\ IL W AR MUSICIANS 

President E. ) Freeni.iii. Audobon. Iowa. 
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POWER PLANT ON THE TENNESSEE RIVER 
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WEST GATE. FORT OGLETHORPE 



G. A. R. Auxiliary Societies — Continued 



DAUGHTERS OF VETERANS 




MISS HELEN C. AND HISS NINA A- 

LITTLEFIELD 

OFFICERS-President. Miss Nina A. Littletield. 1388 
Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge. Mass.; Senior \ ice- 
President. Mrs. May C. Kidder, 4 South Chestnut 
Street, Milford, N. H.; Junior Nice- President, Mrs. 
Lula Carhn. 814 S. Sacramento Boulevard. Chicago, 
111.; Chaplain, Mrs. Agnes C. Davis, 220 Third Ave., 



Mrs. Lillian Inman, Pueblo. Colo.; Mrs. Mary B. 
Lawrence, 40 South 8ih Street, Salt Lake City; 
Mrs. Lizzie Bell Cross, 1331 Fleming Street, Los 
.Angeles, Calif., Secretary, Miss Helen C. Littlefield. 
1388 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, Mass.; Guide, Mrs. 
Drusilla Ingalls Thayer, 569 .Arlington Place, Chicago 
III.; Assistant Guide, Mrs. Lorctte Berry. 541 Com 
monweallh Avenue, Boston, Mass.; Guard, Miss Effie 
Tran, San Jose, Calif.; .Assistant Guard. Mrs. Mary 
VV. Kress. 325 Williamson Street. Elizabeth. N. J.; 
Musician, Miss Ruih E. Osborn, 4614 Champlain 
.Avenue, Chicago, 111; Color Bearer No. I, Miss 
Nelle E. Myers, 41 Circular Street, Titfin, O.; Color 
Bearer No. 2, Miss Lillia R. Tanner, 242 Second 
East Street, Salt Lake City; Color Bearer No. 3, 
Mrs. Mary Hockreiter. 704 Humboldt Parkway, 
Buffalo, N. \ .; Color Bearer No. 4, Mrs Gertrude 
H. Shepherd, 321 Main Street, Northampton, Mass.; 
Chief-of-Staff. Mrs. Mabelle H. Gooding. 14Morrell 
Street, North Wevmouth, Mass. 




MRS AGNES C DAVIS 



S. E. Minneapolis, Minn.; Treasurer, Miss .Augusta 
M. Snyder, Massillon, Ohio; Inspector, Mrs. Alice H. 
Gilleland, 151 1 Gilpin Street, Denver, Colo.; Patri- 
otic Instructor, Mrs. Nellie D. Orchard, 38 Waller 
Court, New London. Conn. 




NATIONAL COUNCIL— Miss Philippine M.Schoeman, 
564 Jefferson Street. Buffalo, N. \'.; Miss Katharine 
R. A. Flood, 4()5 Washington Street, Newton, Mass.; 




MRS JOANNA MELTON 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 
ARMY NURSES OF THE CIVIL WAR 

NATIONAL OFFICERS- 
President, Joanna Mel- 
lon, Salt Lake City. 
Utah.; Senior \ ice Pres- 
ident, .Alice Cary Risley, 
Jefferson City, Missouri; 
Treasurer, Salome M. 
Stewart, Gettysburg, Pa.; 
Chaplain. Rebecca L. 
Price. Lancaster. Pa,; 
Conductor, Elizabeth 
Chapman, East St. Louis. 111.; Guard, .Amanda B. 
Smyth. Carrolton, O. 

APPOINTED OFFICERS— Secretary, Helen B. Cole, 
Sheboygan Falls, Wis.; Counselor, Clarissa F. Dye, 
Germantown, Pa.; Surgeon. Nancy M. Hill, M. D.; 
Chicago, 111.; Installing Officer. Fanny T. Hazen, 
Cambridge, Mass.; Aide and Chiel-of-Statf, Margaret 
Hamilton. Wakefield, Mass.; Color Bearer. Susannah 
Krips. Philadelphia. Pa ; Press Correspondent, Mary 
O. Stevens, Peabody, Mass.; .Auditors, Cornelia 
Hancock, Philadelphia, Pa. and Nannie M. Cochran, 
Troy, N. \ .; Custodian of Brooches, Clarissa F. Dye, 
Germantown, Pa; Custodian of Flag, Salome M. 
Stewart, Gettysburg, Pa.; Special Aides, Helen E. 
Smith, Worcester, Mass., Annie P. Erving, New burg, 
N. Y. and Mary E. Squires, Sheboygan, Wis. 



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ACROSS TENNESSEE RIVER FROM CHATTANOOGA 



G. A. R. Auxiliary Societies — Continued 




RALPH M. GRANT 
COMMANDER IN CHIEF 



SONS OF VETERANS 

OFFICERS-Ralph M. Grant, 
Commander-in-Chief, 902 
Main Street, Hartford, Conn.; 
Charles B. Martin, Senior 
Vice Commander-in-Chiet. 
1701 Grand Avenue, Parsons. 
Kans.; C. H. Hudson, Junior 
Vice Commander-in-Chiet, 
221 North Pickney St., Mad. 
ison, Wis.; Arthur!. N'escejius, 
Council-rn-Chief, 89 Broad- 
way, Paterson, N. J., Henry F. Weiler, 15 Beacon St., 
Room 38, Boston, Mass.. William B. Moynihan, 7 
New York Street, Rochester, N. Y.; Edwin M. 
.Amies, Chief of Stafi, Box 7, Altoona, Pa.; H. H. 
Hammer, National Secretary, Reading, Penn.; ]as. 
Lewis Rake. National Treasurer, Reading, Penn.; 
\Vm. M. Coffin. National Counselor, Cincinnati. 
Ohio; Rev. Cyrus Kellogg Stockwell, National Chap- 
lain, Sycamore, 111.; Charles P. Sherman, National 
Patriotic Instructor, 46 S. Fourth Street, Mt. Vernon. 
N. \".; Committee on Military .Affairs. E. R. Camp- 
bell, Chairman, 28 T Street N. W. Washington, 
D. C . Chas. K. Darling, 1 12 P. O. Building. Boston, 
Mass., .Arthur B. Spink, 184 Althea Street, Provi- 
dence, R. I., Samuel S. Horn, Easton, Penn., Frank 
L. Shepard, 108 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, 111. 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF 
NAVAL VETERANS, U. S. of A.. 1861-65 

OFFICERS — Charles F. Dyce, Commodore Command- 
ing, 319 N. 52nd Street, Philadelphia, Pa.; Charles 
H. Shepard, Fleet Captain, 109 W. 82nd Street, 
New York City.; W. H. Comstock, Fleet Commander 
and Chief-of-Staff, 315 Fox Street, Denver, Col.; 
Francis McCarten, Fleet Lieut. Commander, Box A, 
National Military Home, Los .Angeles, Cal.; A. W. 
Ward, Fleet Lieut., 103 State Street, Rochester, N. Y., 
.Alex. S. McWiUiams, Fleet Chaplain, 85 Marston 
Avenue, Detroit, Mich.; Henry J. Brewer, M. D., 
Fleet Sergeon, 477 14th Street, Brooklyn, N. V., 
Cornelius Stringham, Fleet Boatswain. 50 Merrick 
Road, Jamaica, N. Y.; William A. HoUman, Fleet 
Judge .Advocate, 65 Lafayette .Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.; 
Cyrus Sears, Fleet Historian, 423 E. Lafayette, Ave., 
Baltimore. Md.; Henry F. McCollum, Fleet Secretary 
and Paymaster, 40 Shelter St.. New Haven, Conn. 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 
OF UNION EX-PRISONERS OF WAR 

President — Capt. James D. Walker, 6022 Center Ave., 
Pittsburg, Pa. 



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TENNESSEE RIVER AT NIGHT (SHOWING OLD PiER OF Military Bridge at Chattanooga) 



"^^^^EN MILLION DOLLARS have been spent at Hales Bar in con- 
■ ^^^ structing a Lock and Dam. It gives nearly 100,000 horse power 
^^^^ lor the industrial development of Chattanooga. Had this con- 
dition existed "fifty years ago" the "Cracker Line" would have 
been unnecessary as it makes year round navigation feasible and affords deep 
water for more than thirty miles through the gap between Raccoon and 
Signal mountains. 



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MOCCASIN BEND AND WILLIAMS ISLAND 



Statistics of Chattanooga 



Population, including Suburbs 100,296 

Capital Invested in Manufacturing $50,000,000 

Annual Value of Product - $65,000,000 

Number of Factory Plants 295 

Number of Diversified Articles (over) - - . . 500 

Horse -Power Employed - 40,000 

Employees of Manufacturers 15,000 

Product of Lumber Companies (feet) ----- 100,000,000 

Building Permits (1912) $1,416,555 

Invested in Wholesale Business $5,000,000 

Invested in Retail Business (over) $5,000,000 

Postoffice Receipts (1912) $479,968 

Bank Clearings (1912) $122,171,804 




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Bank Deposits (over) $17,000,000 

Real Estate Transfers (1912) $6,975,940 

Assessed Valuation (1912) $47,462,433 

Investment in Water- Power $7,000,000 

Investment in River Boats ------- $450,000 

Miles of Street Railway ..--.-. 64 

Percentage of White Population 80 

Percentage of American- born Population - - - - 90 

Miles of Paved Streets (over) 30 

Miles of Sewers (over) .-.---. 80 

Members of Chamber of Commerce 1,000 

Area of Government Property (acres) - - - - 17,600 

Twelve Banks, Capital and Surplus (over) - - - - $5,000,000 




TENNESSEE RtvER FROM SHiNAL POINT 



MILITARY HISTORY OF CHATTANOOGA 




fprKX HE strategic importance of Chattanooga, as the natural gateway to the 
[/ M South, was recognized by each side early in the conflict, and this 
city, from the fall of 1861, with the Confederate Army defending it, 
was the objective of the Union Army, it was first occupied by 
Confederate troops, commanded by Generals Floyd, Maxey and 
Leadbelter, in the spring of 1862. Union troops under General 
Mitchell shelled the city June 7th and 8th. General Bragg's .Army 
occupied it in .August preparing for the Kentucky campaign, again 
in the fall, on its return from Kentucky, and a third time in the 
summer of 1863, when retiring before Rosecrans from Middle Tennessee. August the 
16th, 1863, Gen. Rosecrans, in command of the Army of the Cumberland, then located 
at the west base of the Cumberland Mountains, in Middle Tennessee, from McMinn- 
ville to Winchester, started on his campaign for Chattanooga, seeking to destroy Bragg's 
Army. He made a strong and vigorous demonstration with his left against Bragg's right 
to create the impression of a junction with Burnside from Knoxville for an attack from 
that direction, and to conceal his real design of a flank movement with his center and 
right to reach Bragg's rear. 

General Wilder shelled the city from Stringer's Ridge August 21st, 1863. Bragg, 
to save his communications, evacuated Chattanooga September 7th and 8th. and retired 
to LaFayette, Ga., behind Pigeon Mountain. A small Union force took possession of the 
city on the 9fh. Bragg bemg joined by Longstreet, then forced the crossing ot the 
Chickamauga on the afternoon of September the 18th. and early on the 19th formed 
near Dalton's ford to attack Rosecran's left (Crittenden) at 
Lee and Gordon's mill, seeking thus to interpose his army 
between Rosecrans and Chattanooga. The battle of Chick- 
amauga resulted September 19th and 20th. At the close of 
the second day, Bragg had siezed the road to Chattanooga 
and held the field beyond Rosecrans' left. The right, includ- 
ing General Rosecrans, had been forced from the field earlier 
in the day, leaving General Thomas in command on the field. 
Chickamauga was one of the most fiercely contested 
battles of the series of heroic struggles for supremacy from 
'61 to '65. The opposing armies were very nearly evenly 
balanced. The Army of the Cumberland had crossed three 
elevated ranges of mountains and a deep, broad river into the 
territory of the Empire State of the South, nerved by the 
audacity of the movement, to heroic effort and dogged 
tenacity. The Army of Tennessee had been reinforced from 
East Tennessee, from Mississippi and from the .-Xrmy of 
Northern Virginia. The rivalry of troops, the peril of the 
occasion, and confidence in their prowess won on other 
fields, made them equal to any sacrifice, it was high tide for 




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brilliant and daring movements, heroic and persistent fighting and appalling immolation in 
each army. General Thomas, "The Rock of Chickamauga," withdrew to Rossville and to 
Chattanooga, occupying the intrenched hnes mimediately around the city, mcluding Moc- 
casin Point on the north side of the river. The Army of Tennessee advanced and occupied 
the valley in front of Missionary Ridge, opposite the intrenched lines, and extending across 
the front of Lookout and Raccoon Mountains, making a complete investment on the south 
side of the river. General Thomas succeeded Rosecrans Oct. 19, 1863. General Grant 
assumed general command October 23. A short line of supplies was opened to Bridge- 
port by Brown's Ferry, October 28th, upon a plan devised by General Rosecrans. Gen- 
eral Hooker's forces arrived in Lookout valley on that date and fought the battle of Wau- 
hatchie. November 4th, Longstreet's corps was detached to operate against Burnside at 
Kno.wille, and November 22nd, two brigades of Buckner's corps left to join him. General 
Sherman's troops crossed the Tennessee river above the city during the night of Novem- 
ber 23rd. On that date the .Army of the Cumberland carried Orchard Knob. November 
24th, Hooker's column captured the north slope of Lookout Mountain. On November 
25th, Missionary Ridge, excepting Cleburne's position atTunnell Hill and the intervening 
line to Walthalls stand north of De Longs, was carried by Grant's combined armies, 
Bragg retreating to Dalton, Ga. 

In the campaign and series of engagements for Chattanooga, about one hundred 
and fifty thousand men of all arms in the opposing armies were engaged. The official re- 
port shows that on each side at Chickamauga, the casualties embrace the enormous pro- 
portion of thirty-three per cent of the troops actually engaged. There were over a score 
of regiments in each army reporting losses of from forty to seventy per cent. 





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